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Middle Ages Review

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main trade in West Africa?

a)

Spices and silk

b)

Salt and gold

c)

Timber and iron

d)

Cotton and wool

2.

What system was used in the Middle Ages to exchange land for military service?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Feudalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

3.

Who showed the great wealth of the Mali empire by going on a religious journey?

a)

Sundiata Keita

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Askia the Great

d)

Sunni Ali

4.

What was the main religion of West Africa?

a)

Christianity

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

5.

What was the result of the Bubonic Plague in Europe?

a)

Increase in population

b)

Resulted in millions of people dying

c)

Economic boom

d)

Political stability

6.

What was the role of the Niger River in West Africa?

a)

It was a barrier to trade

b)

It played a major role in the development of civilizations

c)

It was used for military defense

d)

It was a source of gold

7.

What was the main purpose of the Crusades?

a)

To explore new lands

b)

To resolve conflicts between Christians and Muslims

c)

To trade with Asia

d)

To spread the Bubonic Plague

8.

What was the significance of Timbuktu in West Africa?

a)

It was a military base

b)

It was a major city of trade and learning

c)

It was a religious center

d)

It was a mining town

9.

What did the Magna Carta result in?

a)

Expansion of the king's power

b)

Limiting the power of the king

c)

Abolishing the Parliament

d)

Increasing taxes

10.

What was the main resource that helped preserve food in West Africa?

a)

Sugar

b)

Salt

c)

Pepper

d)

Vinegar

11.

What was the main authority in Middle Ages Europe?

a)

The King

b)

The Pope

c)

The Parliament

d)

The Nobles

12.

What was the main architectural achievement of the Aztecs?

a)

Stonehenge

b)

Large pyramids

c)

The Colosseum

d)

The Great Wall

13.

What was the major mountain city of the Inca?

a)

Tenochtitlan

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Cuzco

d)

Chichen Itza

14.

What was a key feature of the Maya civilization?

a)

Development of the wheel

b)

Concept of zero

c)

Use of iron tools

d)

Monotheistic religion

15.

What did the Black Death result in for farmers?

a)

Increase in labor

b)

Lack of labor

c)

More crops

d)

Better health

16.
Which of the following statements accurately describes feudalism?
a)
Under feudalism, kings gave land to nobles in exchange for their military service.
b)
Feudalism served to spread Christianity throughout Western Europe.
c)
Feudalism began as a way to protect those on pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
d)
The rise of feudalism marked the end of the Medieval Age.
17.
The rapid spread of a deadly disease over a wide area is called a/an ___________.
a)
Germ
b)
Flu
c)
Fleas on rats
d)
Plague
18.
Which best describes the influence of the Church during the Middle Ages?
a)
A child from almost every family became a monk or nun in the Church
b)
The Church encouraged people of other religions to settle in Europe
c)
Church officials and kings worked separately to govern countries
d)
Daily life in villages and towns revolved around the Church
19.
What made Europeans feel united together after the Roman Empire didn't anymore?
a)
Kings
b)
Christianity
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Serfs
20.
In the later part of the Middle Ages, cities grew because of an increase in what?
a)
Nobles
b)
Crusades
c)
Churches
d)
Trade
21.
The picture best illustrates
a)
a fief
b)
a farm
c)
a guild
d)
a manor
22.
* helped to end feudalism
* trade increased
* Christianity spread
* towns flourished again
These are all effects of which event 
a)
signing of the Magna Carta
b)
The Crusades
c)
The Black Death
d)
The Roman Catholic Church
23.
What was a major effect of the Black Death?
a)
trade decreased
b)
it strengthened feudalism 
c)
food prices inflated
d)
manors became overcrowded
24.
Feudalism developed mainly because 
a)
the monarchy was too powerful
b)
the Catholic Church was failing
c)
people needed protection
d)
King John created it
25.
The Magna Carta's main function was to 
a)
free serfs and peasants
b)
limit the king's power
c)
limit the pope's power
d)
provide money to the king
26.
The Crusades were inspired mainly by 
a)
money
b)
religion
c)
politics
d)
trade
27.

Tenochtitlan was ________.

a)

a city built by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City

b)

an Incan city built on a 9,000-foot mountain

c)

the city where the first Olmec stone heads were discovered

d)

a Mayan city with more than 3,000 structures

28.

The Incan civilization developed

a)

along a narrow desert bordering the Pacific Ocean.

b)

in the jungles of the Amazon rainforest.

c)

in the Andes mountains of South America.

d)

on islands off the coast of South America.

29.

How did the geography of the Andes affect the Incas?

a)

It was so cold that the Incas could not grow crops.

b)

The steep hills forced the Incas to build terraces to farm.

c)

The large mountain forests provided most of their needs.

d)

The Incas had to rely almost totally on fishing for their food supply.

30.

Why were the Aztecs hated by surrounding tribes?

a)

They stole from others.

b)

They sacrificed people from other tribes.

c)

They had different gods.

d)

They always won the ballgames.

31.

Who fought against and conquered the Aztecs?

a)

Montezuma

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon

d)

Francisco Pizarro

32.

Who was the Aztec emperor that surrendered to Cortes?

a)

Montezuma

b)

Axylcoatl

c)

Francicso

d)

DIego

33.

Who was the conquistador that defeated the Incans?

a)

Montezuma

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Ponce de Leon

d)

Francisco Pizarro

34.

What disease was brought over by the Spanish and killed a lot of Mesoamericans?

a)

influenza

b)

pneumonia

c)

smallpox

d)

COVID19

35.

True or False. Mayan cities were independent city states ruled by a king.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

What do historians think Machu Picchu was mostly likely used for?

a)

a school

b)

a sacrificial altar

c)

a marketplace

d)

an astronomic observatory

37.

Which civilization was located around Lake Texcoco?

a)

the Aztec civilization

b)

the Mayan civilization

c)

the Inca civilization

d)

the Chumash civilization

38.

What was the central city of the Incas?

a)

Teotihuacan

b)

Rio De Janiero

c)

Cuzco, Peru

d)

San Diego

39.

Where did the Mayan civilization develop?

a)

in what is now Ecuador

b)

in what is now Mexico City

c)

in the Andes Mountains

d)

in the Yucatan Peninsula

40.

Tikal was ________.

a)

an Incan city in the Andes

b)

the first place the Spanish invaded

c)

an ancient Mayan city

d)

a floating garden

41.
The image above illustrates Trans-Saharan trade.  What made this trade so important?
a)
Required merchants to cross the Saharan Desert
b)
Trade of gold and salt made Arabs and Africans wealthy
c)
Without this trade, merchants would have nothing to sell
d)
Trans Saharan trade began the Slave trade
42.
What famous king is illustrated on the Catalan Atlas of 1375?
a)
Ibn Battuta
b)
Sunni Ali
c)
Mansa Musa
d)
Sundiata
43.
The city of Timbuktu was important because...
a)
It was located on the Niger River
b)
It was the trading center for cloth and copper
c)
It was located near the Atlantic Ocean
d)
It was the trading center for gold and salt
44.
Mansa Musa, even today, is the richest man in the world valued at $400 billion dollars.  But his greatest impact was that he...
a)
He spread Islam and the Islamic culture throughout West Africa
b)
He controlled the gold and salt trade
c)
He made a pilgrimage to Mecca to show off all of his wealth
d)
He was a model of behavior as a Muslim King who is charitable.
45.
Which of the following is the CORRECT order of the West African Kingdoms?
a)
Mali, Songhai, Ghana
b)
Ghana, Songhai, Mali
c)
Songhai, Ghana, Mali
d)
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
46.
The West African kingdom that became wealthy through taxing passersby was 
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
d)
Benin
47.

exchange of goods across the Sahara Desert

a)

lavishly

b)

Trans-Saharan Trade

c)

outskirts

d)

learning

48.

Money paid for protection

a)

Pilgrimage

b)

devout

c)

tax

d)

tribute

49.
This is a map of Africa.  What letter marks the location of the Niger River?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D

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